Pan American Drone
The business, the turning points, and the decisions behind them.
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01 / WHAT IT BUILT
What the company did
Pan American Drone was a young drone startup founded by CEO Leah LaSalla. It built drones designed to detect loaded firearms and, if needed, get between an active shooter and a potential victim — 'stop bullets' by detecting and disrupting shooters. The off-the-shelf hardware was equipped with LaSalla's method of detecting firearms and bullets using WiFi sensors and electromagnetic waves, meant to detect a firearm on a person, determine whether it was loaded, and assess whether it posed a threat. In January 2022 it raised $3 million in seed financing at a $100 million valuation through a private placement from Canadian tech firm Wavv, earmarked for hiring and for reaching production by mid-year via logistics partner Arrow.
02 / FAILURE REASONS
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03 / EVENT HISTORY
Events in the structured record
- Seed round
Pan American Drone raised $3 million in seed financing at a $100 million valuation from Canadian tech firm Wavv in January 2022, planning to reach production by mid-year through Arrow.
- Status
No public record of a shutdown, acquisition or other outcome event was found for Pan American Drone.
04 / CONTEMPORARY REBUILD ASSESSMENT
Difficulty of rebuilding this project today
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Overall assessment: Not completed
05 / CAUSAL CHAIN / AFTERMATH
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